Digital asset marketplace adds three financial industry veterans to team

Digital asset marketplace and technology provider, trueDigital, has appointed three financial market experts to its team, including the addition of an electronic trading and technology expert from Thomson Reuters.

Susan Gammage and Josh Gibson join as directors of institutional sales. Gammage teams up with trueDigital with over 25 years of experience in leading sales teams for FX, equity and fixed income products.

Most recently, Gammage was the head of Americas transaction sales at Thomson Reuters, overseeing the regional growth of the company’s FX and ETI Transactions Sales business.

In a previous role, she was also managing director and global head of G10 FX eCommerce sales at Citi, Gammage is a former member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve and the Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee.

Gibson was a vice president for institutional FX Sales at Citi; he also spent six years on the FX and derivatives sales desks at Westpac Bank, serving institutions and corporate clients.

Additionally, he was a partner at Blue Node Capital, an investment firm focused on blockchain startups.

According to trueDigital’s statement, the digital asset tech provider said Gibson is well versed in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, having been professionally and recreationally active in both spaces for over five years.

Additionally, Michel Finzi joins as chief commercial officer (CCO) to oversee trueDigital’s commercial strategy and business development organisation, with the aim of driving growth globally.

He spent five years as the head of global sales and marketing at FinTech firm RealTick, which was acquired by Barclays. Prior to that, he served as a managing director and SVP at Instinet for 15 years. He also held roles at Celoxia and Nasdaq OMX.

“This is an exciting time for digital assets. trueDigital has proven its strength in this emerging marketplace by delivering on blockchain projects and derivatives that others in the space have been talking about for years,” said Finzi.” The company has tremendous assets and a vibrant team with some of the sharpest minds in traditional and digital finance. I’m looking forward to building up our commercial strategy and driving meaningful growth and adoption.”